Pargas
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| Pargas Pargas – Parainen |
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| — Former town — | |||
| Pargas stad Paraisten kaupunki |
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| Location of Pargas in Northern Europe | |||
| Coordinates: 60°18′N 022°18′E / 60.3°N 22.3°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
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| Province | Western Finland | ||
| Region | Finland Proper | ||
| Sub-region | Åboland | ||
| Consolidated | 2009 | ||
| Government | |||
| - City manager | Folke Öhman | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 480 km2 (185.3 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 206.4 km2 (79.7 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - Total | 12,153 | ||
| - Density | 44.3/km2 (114.7/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Official languages | Swedish, Finnish | ||
| Website | www.pargas.fi | ||
Pargas (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpɑrɡɑs]; Finnish: Parainen, pronounced [ˈpɑrɑinen]) is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new town of Väståboland.
It is known as the "capital" of the archipelago of Turku and had been a city since 1977. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The town had a population of 12,153 (as of 2006) and covered an area of 272.79 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.19 km² is inland water. The population density was 44.27 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was bilingual, with the majority (54%) being Swedish and the minority (45%) Finnish speakers.
It is the only city in Mainland Finland that is situated on an island.
The city has many little suburbs around it, including Kirjala and Lielax.
[edit] Sister cities
The sister cities of Pargas are
In traditional Persian(Pahlavi) languege Pargas means working hard and in traditional Indian languege(Sanskrit) it means sun. rise
[edit] External links
Media related to Pargas at Wikimedia Commons- Official website – in Swedish and Finnish
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Coordinates: 60°18′N 022°18′E / 60.3°N 22.3°E


